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Since Malayasia Airlines can't get a break from the Spotlight, here's something if you are feeling adventurous.

Malaysia Airlines is having a Sale on the new BNE-KL (and connections) route which starts in June

Booking Dates: Now - 22 Jan 2018
Travel Dates: 06 Jun- 30 Nov 2018

Economy Deals from Brisbane:

Kuala Lumpur/ Surabaya Juanda/ Medan Kuala Namu/ Manila Return $ 645

Bali Return $650

Langkawi/ Kota Bharu/ Penang/ Alor Setar/ Kuala Terengganu Return $654

Delhi/ Mumbai/ Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Bengaluru Return $658

Hanoi/ Ho Chi Minh City Return $663

Kathmandu Return $673

Haikou/ Hong Kong Return $694

Colombo Return $696

Guangzhou/ Nanjing/ Fuzhou/ Chongqing/ Shanghai/ Xiamen Return $698

Taipei/ Tawau/ Sibu/ Labuan/ Kota Kinabalu/ Bintulu/ Kuching/ Sandakan/ Miri Return $704

Tokyo/ Bandar Seri Begawan/ Osaka/ Seoul/ Phnom Penh/ Yangon/ Singapore/ Siem Reap Return $713

Beijing Return $722

Bangkok/ Phuket Return $743

Dhaka Return $753

Koh Samui Return $803

London Return $1290

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  • avgbowlofpho on 20/01/2018 - 12:21
    +15

    Those are some pretty expensive flights just to go to Alice Springs…

    • whypaymo on 20/01/2018 - 12:24
      +7

      not really, as it includes temporary shelter and packed food handouts :p

  • seniordoc on 20/01/2018 - 12:28
    +4

    "… if you are feeling adventurous“
    Yes, you need to adventurous to take the risk …

  • jace88 on 20/01/2018 - 12:28
    +8

    Given the number of incidents which have impacted the airline in the last 5 years, I'm reluctant to fly MH even if they paid me! It is a shame though as they used to be a great airline.

    • b2dz on 20/01/2018 - 12:35

      Still are a great airline. Particularly with prices like this.

      • Dontreadthis on 20/01/2018 - 12:54
        +12

        Sorry but an airline which doesn't constantly make the news for crashes and "technical" mishaps (like losing an entire engine) is what I would call a great airline. An airline which stays out of the headlines as much as possible is who I'll be flying with. It's easy to say they are still good when you are sitting safe in your home, but at 10,000 feet you'll be singing a different tune. I don't care how good the cabin crew or facilities are, they are no good to you during the terror of the plane nose diving into the Indian Ocean… But hey, what great prices!

        • theBestBastion on 20/01/2018 - 13:14
          +3

          I dont understand why would ppl downvote this comment.

        • no not me on 20/01/2018 - 13:23
          +5

          I agree. People who say that the MA plane that got shot down was totally out of their hands are also wrong. MA took a flight path over hostile territory. Other carriers did this too, but others used more fuel to ensure safe passage. MA cheaped out on the fuel, knowing full well that the territory was hostile, given that it was publicly known that the rebels had a BUK (as it took down a Ukranian military plane a week before, killing every one on board). I can't believe anyone would even touch the hot mess that is Malasia Airlines.

        • slipperypete on 20/01/2018 - 14:17
          +8

          @alwynpan:

          I didn't downvote it but it displays ignorance

          I have over 10,000 hours airline time and worked in flight safety. They've had plenty of bad luck but assuming they are more dangerous from their records isn't an accurate way to determine how they fly.

          An old airline saying when I was flying general aviation was that you couldn't get into an airline without doing a gear up landing. Basically it means you learn from experience. MA has always been one of the better Asian airlines, if not the best. Since the accidents they have incorporated further training and much more stringent requirements. This actually makes them a good choice!!

          I would still prefer a high end "westernised" airline. The training is often superior and more often better taken on and respected by the training aircrew. For instance, I spent 10 months with Virgin Australia, prior to this and after I flew for both Middle Eastern and Asian Airlines. A Captain at some of these airlines wouldn't even pass training as an FO with Virgin(Malaysian Airlines would have passed). Some of the Chinese Airlines having exceptional safety records but compared to some western counterparts they are a very high risk (comparatively is the operative word). I know, I spent time training for China Southern and Singapore Airlines….when things go wrong and how they deal with it….that's how you should judge how safe you feel.

        • theBestBastion on 20/01/2018 - 15:25
          +5

          @slipperypete:

          With all due respect, I don't quite agree. In the 3 years, MA had 7 accidents and incidents (caused 537 fatalities), which is way higher than industry average. It seems the ' incorporated further training and much more stringent requirements' didn't help them much.

          I also strongly disagree the point that the accidents and incidents 'actually makes them a good choice'. For me, I still prefer the 25 airlines that have 0 fatality in their history, although they have 0 experience in handling fatal accidents.

        • Dontreadthis on 20/01/2018 - 15:26
          +1

          @slipperypete:
          Ignorance? Bad Luck? Tell that to the dead and their families. Typical pilot response, always theory over reality.
          The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding has been smashed to bits, not once, but twice. Half the pudding nearly fell out of the sky over the West Australian coastline the other day.

          I'll judge how safe I feel on an airline by how many of their planes make it from the departure point to the destination, not your opinion on how educated you think you are on pilot training and the airline industry - which by the way amounts to zero considering Malaysian Airlines has lost 537 lives in 3 years and two separate incidents.

          P&O cruise liners start randomly exploding into flames killing 100's of people, and you pipe up saying, "I've worked in the cruise industry and well… P&O engineers are pretty well regarded and they have even more stringent requirements now… not like those idiots at Royal Caribbean who wouldn't even make deckhand at Carnival… so yeah, cruise with P&O for sure!"

          You might put your family on Malaysian Airlines buddy, but mine sure as hell won't be flying with them.

        • slipperypete on 20/01/2018 - 19:28
          +1

          @Dontreadthis:
          Stop being such a drama queen. You sound like those newspaper headlines that amp it up to entice the gullible.

          Half the pudding nearly fell out of the sky over the West Australian coastline the other day.

          No it didn't, however, you should write for the Womens Weekly, you would do well!!

          There are dozens of airlines that have never crashed, yet I would never with for them. To rely on 0 fatalities without understanding facts is gambling.

          I've sat with BA and Qantas pilots drinking till 4am when they had a 8am start. Just because they are regarded as good airlines you think that that is safe behaviour? I would take MA over a crew that had just finished their 6th pint only 5 hours earlier. Do you do background checks on who is flying and whether they are fatigued or not fit to fly? That is getting rarer these days but pilots for 'accident free' airlines are arrested each year from being over the limit. Imagine if one of these crews happened to have a catastrophic engine failure after take off, at a guess I would say they may end their perfect record!!

          The fact is, MA have had a lot of bad luck. I'm not saying they are the best airline in the world, but I know the standards of their training and also their maintenance. There are MUCH MUCH worse out there and lots of those are accident free.

          So to go back to your comment, If I was deciding which airline to put my family on, I would scrutinise their training and maintenance over history any day of the week. That is an educated gamble rather than an emotional gamble.

        • PurpleClover on 20/01/2018 - 22:40
          +1

          @no not me:
          Are you avoiding Singapore Airlines as well now? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/malaysia-airlines-m…

        • no not me on 20/01/2018 - 23:08

          @slipperypete: To be honest, the fact that you were up to 4am drinking with people who you knew (assuming you knew) were going to fly a bunch of people around is pretty slack on your part. I can't stand (profanity) who allow their friends to get into a car drunk or even drink drive themselves. I hope you're just trying to make a point and aren't the irresponsible, reckless moron that your comment alludes to, again, assuming you knew at the time and that you're not making things up. If not, that's just truly disgusting and shameful.

        • Dontreadthis on 21/01/2018 - 04:43
          -2

          @slipperypete:

          Stop being such a drama queen.

          People are dead, over 500 of them, or are their deaths just inconvenient for you?

          The fact is, MA have had a lot of bad luck

          Yeah MA are the victims, you are in some sort of certifiable denial that's for sure.

          So to go back to your comment, If I was deciding which airline to put my family on

          That wasn't my question, you are dancing around it because you don't want to answer it - would you put your son or daughter on Malaysian Airlines tomorrow?

          That is an educated gamble rather than an emotional gamble.

          You are talking rubbish. Your rambling is just empty speculation and opinion. Your theories are meaningless "what ifs". What matters are actual results, not "stories from the pilots lounge".

          The fact you care more about Malaysian Airlines image rather than the souls lost on their flights is disturbing. If you are actually a pilot or involved somehow with passenger aircraft it is very worrying indeed.

        • slipperypete on 21/01/2018 - 09:41

          @no not me:

          You are right it is disgusting and to me, anyone who gets caught under the influence, should be up for charges similar to manslaughter. Basically by doing this, they are knowingly putting lives at risk.

          Airlines often share the same hotels. In hotels crews are coming and going, for example, we may get into the hotel at 3am and go for a beer. Maybe end up sitting with another group of airline crew. It isn't until you notice the crew down in reception at 7am that the penny drops. This was commonplace 30 years ago, fortunately it isn't now. The point is, it does happen, and it is a gamble, you must have read the headlines….and for each person that gets busted I'm sure there are more who get away with it.

          As I said though, fortunately it isn't commonplace these days. Most airlines have random drug and alcohol testing which seems to do the job.

        • slipperypete on 21/01/2018 - 10:43
          +2

          @Dontreadthis:

          I understand your point but you are thinking emotionally rather than logically. To answer you….

          No I think it is incredibly tragic about each and every death ever. Not just with MA but any airline or other crash.
          I worked in flight safety, I analyse all of these accidents…most were pilot error or could be prevented with better responses or training. There is no denial from my part….I know the flaws and what could be improved. It makes me sick to the stomach every time I hear of an accident

          I would not hesitate to put my family on MA, they are one of the better airlines out there. I know their training and it is pretty good.

          Most of the top ten safest airlines have had fatal accidents.

          Would you fly Korean Airlines? 10-15 years ago they were uninsurable and could not fly in European airspace due to accidents and poor safety. They were audited by an American airline who compiled so many faults (you can find these online I think) that the only way they could fly was to have a western pilot on the flight deck. They went through significant training and now have an excellent record as good as most out there. I also wouldn't hesitate to fly with them now.

          KLM has killed as many as MA due to poor communications and gaps in procedure. They are a top 5 and are excellent.

          NZ airlines flew into a mountain!!

          I could go on about each and every airline who are listed with Grade A safety records and who have all had fatalities. Just check out each airline, it is easy to do. A lot better than reading news headlines with emotional passenger comments to sell stories.

          MA has had 2 crashes with major fatalities. One is still unexplained, the other was shot down. Yes, maybe they shouldn't have flow over the area, some airlines bypassed it, other top 20 airlines didn't. Lufthansa Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic as well as others were happy to fly over that airspace. How would that alter your opinion if it was one of them who got shot down? Would you refuse to fly with them based on 'being in the wrong place at the wrong time"? Would you prefer boarding another flight from an airline that also flew over and was not shot down, yet despite never having an accident this actual airline faces bans in several different countries due to poor training compliances?

          Lets put that another way. Who would you feel happier driving your family. My Dad who is in his late 80's, he is quite deaf and bit doddery and shaky at the wheel. Despite this he has never had a speeding ticket or any accident in 65 years of driving. Or a 35 year old who had two accidents when he/she was young. One due to a lapse in concentration the other was due to someone else? This person learnt from their mistake and is now super cautious.

          Everytime you get in a car, bus, train, plane or cross the road it is a gamble. I would rather look at the actual risk rather than what has happened in the past. If a road had several fatalities, yet since then extensive road works and lane widening had occurred, I wouldn't look at what happened in the past to make my judgment on using the road, I would look at what is in the here and now and the actual risk in the here and now

          I actually don't care about MA image rather than souls. I have no links with them. However, I don't take the emotional perspective when it comes to reality.

          It is your choice. My view is different because I come from a background of expertise in flying commercial aircraft and also having worked in flight safety and risk management. My perspective and risk assessment is what could potentially happen that next time an aeroplane gets airborne. Of course I take into account previous history, but I don't wholly base decisions on that

        • eug on 21/01/2018 - 15:54
          +2

          @slipperypete:

          I've sat with BA and Qantas pilots drinking till 4am when they had a 8am start.

          I haven't been following the long discussion, but just read this just now and thought it was amusing. :)

          https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/01/21/09/45/drunk-pil…

        • slipperypete on 21/01/2018 - 19:23

          @eug:
          Wow!!! Great way to end your career!!!

  • gnoks on 20/01/2018 - 12:39
    +7

    Does this include the search and rescue cost?

    • tanastra on 20/01/2018 - 17:01

      Funeral cost?

  • dbui8743 on 20/01/2018 - 12:41
    +3

    They can't pay me enough to take their flights.

  • PorkHunt on 20/01/2018 - 12:54
    +11

    I think Malaysia Airlines should just partner up with Adrenaline.com.au.

    • Xiaomi on 21/01/2018 - 23:39

      AHAHAHAHA oh my lord.

  • Yummy on 20/01/2018 - 12:56
    +9

    Not a bargain. It's should be a lot cheaper if fly with one engine only…

    • drfuzzy on 20/01/2018 - 14:12
      +2

      How much should it cost without a pilot?

      • Yummy on 20/01/2018 - 14:17

        In OZB term, 3 packs of 4x AA eneloop pros.

  • theBestBastion on 20/01/2018 - 13:12
    +3

    MH? I will skip… Not worth risking my life…

  • pennypincher98 on 20/01/2018 - 13:13

    Deal should only be for one way, it's all you'll need.

    It's one way of getting water on a plane when the flight attendants aren't around.

  • pegaxs on 20/01/2018 - 13:31

    Bit expensive for a roller coaster ride isn't it?? Albeit the world's scariest roller coaster…

  • [Deactivated] on 20/01/2018 - 13:41
    -1

    Hmm not that great. There are much more inexpensive ways to die.

  • elseye on 20/01/2018 - 14:11
    +1

    I am here only to see the posts and proved what I thought. I would like to pay more for less risk!

  • Taegukgi on 20/01/2018 - 14:15
    +1

    I think any airline from Malaysia needs to be avoided. Air Asia is also in the hot seat with airline safety etc. Most airlines have a 60-90 minutes turnaround whereas Air Asia only has 25 minutes. I wonder if the proper checks are carried out in the shortened time??

    • tanastra on 20/01/2018 - 17:06

      Malindo should be included too.

  • NotAnAudiophile on 20/01/2018 - 14:27
    +1

    Personally i am more concerned with an airlines corporate culture than luck. Safety starts from the top…

  • jonno82 on 20/01/2018 - 14:52
    +5

    Maybe they should offer an "on arrival" pricing where you pay when you actually get to the booked destination…..

  • Derrick Crane on 20/01/2018 - 15:17
    +2

    Added bonus is the savings on laxative purchases.

  • capslock on 20/01/2018 - 15:27
    +5

    I don't think it's fair to bash Malaysia Airlines. A Singapore Airlines plane crashed in Taiwan in 2000 killing 83 people yet I don't see anyone on OzBargain complaining about the safety of Singapore Airlines.

    • knuckle8 on 20/01/2018 - 16:00
      +1

      Very good point.

      Also you can't blame Malaysian Airlines for the plane that went missing.
      That could even happen to any airline.

    • theBestBastion on 20/01/2018 - 16:38
      +3

      SA: 3 incidents since 1947, 83 fatalities
      MA: 7 incidents in last 3 years, 537 fatalities

      You can do the math.

  • [Deactivated] on 20/01/2018 - 15:45
    +4

    Heh, I see the Ozbargain knuckle-draggers are out in force again. Like moth to flame.

  • Dpkmax on 20/01/2018 - 16:10
    +2

    Pass , as OzBee I like deals , I like to go cheap , but not at the cost of safety .

  • magic8ballgag on 20/01/2018 - 16:11
    +3

    Some of the logic posted on this deal is very questionable.

    Flying with Malaysian Airlines isn't any riskier than other airline companies, they've just had bad luck, and just because others haven't had planes falling out of the sky yet, does not guarantee it will never happen.

    Just a bunch of Australians being overly critical about anything and everything for the sake of it.

    • kipps on 20/01/2018 - 16:31
      +3

      Your characterisation of these events as bad luck merely because the underlying causes are not known is itself questionable. It could be bad luck. It could also be bad management. The number of incidents alone suggests bad luck is less likely to blame.

    • theBestBastion on 20/01/2018 - 16:32
      +2

      Bad luck cannot explain seven incidents and accidents in three years that caused 537 fatalities.

      OK. Say it was bad luck, would you mind risking your life to take an airline that always has bad luck? You may, me? No, thanks.

      BTW, I am not OZ.

    • Dontreadthis on 21/01/2018 - 05:05
      -1

      Just a bunch of Australians being overly critical about anything and everything for the sake of it.

      And the grieving families of 537 dead passengers. Maybe you should tell them that they are just being critical?

      • magic8ballgag on 21/01/2018 - 07:49
        +1

        And the grieving families of 537 dead passengers. Maybe you should tell them that they are just being critical?

        I highly doubt that any of those families have commented on this deal.

    • slipperypete on 21/01/2018 - 10:58
      +3

      Just a bunch of Australians being overly critical about anything and everything for the sake of it.

      I think you hit the nail on the head.

      I like this site but it is overly critical.

      People are scared to post bargains because so many others prefer to find a way to knock it or find some way to post a neg vote. I think there is a large group of people on this forum who always want to find the negative in everything, take pleasure in finding fault and criticising others. I would hate to live life like that.

  • Claire Naps on 20/01/2018 - 16:40
    +3

    I would think that after the troubles Malaysian Airlines has had, they would be hyper vigilant with safety. Their safety rating is the same as Qatar and Air France and higher than Thai Airways and Tiger.

    • kipps on 20/01/2018 - 16:42

      You did notice in the OP that there was an event only yesterday, right?

      • Claire Naps on 20/01/2018 - 17:02
        +3

        Yeah, they made an emergency landing. Qantas made a few of those last year and is still considered the safest airline.

        • Dontreadthis on 21/01/2018 - 04:48
          -3

          because Qantas didn't lose over 500 people in 3 years prior to their emergency landing. Are all these dead people just numbers in a news article to people like you?

        • eug on 21/01/2018 - 08:20

          @Dontreadthis: Was it because they were lax with safety?

        • Claire Naps on 21/01/2018 - 11:45
          +1

          @Dontreadthis:
          Chill dude. If you don't want to fly MA then don't.

  • tanastra on 20/01/2018 - 17:15

    I hope the Malaysia airline maintenance people don’t have the same attitude and culture as those with Air Asia indonesia that crashed near Borneo. I meant by The attitude and culture = eg. you don’t use forklift to lift up people to do scaffolding job nor using stacked up chairs as a ladder to change light bulbs in warehouse. “Alway Shortcuts” to fix problems . So , to me this deal won’t be a deal if it has the possibility to put my fellows ozbargainers in danger .

    • eug on 20/01/2018 - 17:26

      You're talking as if that was the case. Does that actually happen with MAS?

      • tanastra on 20/01/2018 - 17:38

        I hope it is not the case with MAS, but my living and working experince in those regions showed me many “shortcuts” to fix things.

  • illumination on 20/01/2018 - 18:03
    +2

    I posted this in the other recent deal. I'll post it again for visibility..

    Despite all the jokes about Malaysia Airlines, I've flown them 12 times since MH17 got shot down in August 2014.

    .. but I do understand why everyone is skeptical.. not that I've had bad experiences, but I get it. lol

  • anna10 on 20/01/2018 - 18:39

    There is a history of airlines behaving badly one way and another. Generally they start reducing tickets and after a while the public start flying with them again. Seems that pax will get back on after a while when the price is right.

    • eug on 20/01/2018 - 19:35

      Hmm, how did MAS behave badly?

      • wetsandwich on 21/01/2018 - 00:03
        -1

        People dying might be considered a downside to some.

        • eug on 21/01/2018 - 00:04
          +1

          But how did the airline behave badly?

  • belongsinforums on 20/01/2018 - 20:24
    -5

    I remember, in the deals following the missing plane, the ozbargain hivemind severely negged and mods hid any critical comments of the airline.

    I remember how a friend of my dad was begged by his family not to take his Malaysia Airlines flight as "lightning doesn't strike twice". He died on that flight with everyone else.

    There is no debate. The shrills need to go back to reddit.

  • seii on 20/01/2018 - 21:28

    i can't seem to fine any flights bne-kul for that price though.

  • jackspratt on 21/01/2018 - 02:52
    +5

    The level of childish comments here suggests to me that most of the naysayers would not be able to fly without mum and dad anyway.

    • magic8ballgag on 21/01/2018 - 11:07
      +2

      It's very obvious that most of the country is still on school holidays.

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